An Argentine journalist who accused Pope Francis of having collaborated with the country’s military rulers was himself on the payroll of the Argentine junta in the late 1970s, according to a new investigative report.

Horacio Verbitsky, a journalist associated with a left-wing group in the 1970s, was later a speechwriter for Brigadier General Omar Domingo Rubens Graffigna, a key member of the military junta, according to a book by two investigative journalists. The book details evidence that Verbitsky signed a lucrative contract to work with the military leadership from 1978 to 1982.

After the fall of the military regime, Verbitsky became prominent for denouncing human-rights violations. After the election of Pope Francis he publicized charges that then-Father Bergoglio had cooperated with the junta, while acting as Jesuit provincial in Buenos Aires, by silencing Jesuits who were critical of the regime.


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